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Published: 20 January, 2021
The scrapping of lab tests for EU wine heading to the UK will save the wine industry tens of millions of pounds a year. However, the new trade deal between the EU and UK has thrown up new questions around how much cross border trade in 2021 is likely to cost, with EU wine travelling via GB to Northern Ireland and other parts of the EU now entering a no man’s land where it temporarily belongs to neither region.
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Published: 20 January, 2021
We’re concluding our New Horizons 2021 Q&As by giving the final word to sommelier turned supplier Charles Pashby-Taylor, London on-trade sales at Justerini & Brooks
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Published: 19 January, 2021
Majestic Wine has appointed Mark Capon to the newly created role of director of subscriptions.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
Cognato Wines has introduced its South African range of Fairtrade certified dealcoholized wines to the UK market.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Prosecco DOC Consortium has reported 2.8% volume growth for 2020 compared to the certified volumes recorded the previous year.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) has reported a 23% leap in off-trade value sales of New Zealand wine in the UK.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Drinks Trust has appointed Enotria & Coe CEO Troy Christensen as Chair of the charity’s Board of Trustees, alongside three new patron appoitments.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) has, in partnership with Harpers, launched a specialised retail promotion in support of independent retailers.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered important changes in people’s attitudes to food and created a split between those seeking quality and value, but suppliers are well placed to help operators capitalise on post-lockdown sales opportunities, a new CGA survey has suggested.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
South African wine exports to the UK, its leading export market, surged last year with both value and volume sales up.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
IWSR Drinks Market Analysis has acquired Wine Intelligence for an undisclosed sum.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
Bancroft Wines has expanded its Spanish portfolio with Bodegas Frontonio.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
Premium California importer Four Corners Wine has enhanced its portfolio with a trio of new wineries.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
GDP figures for November, released last Friday, have highlighted the impact of hospitality on the UK’s economy and made the case for the sector to be “at the heart of reopening plans”, UK Hospitality (UKH) has said.
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Published: 14 January, 2021
The Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is calling on the Chancellor to extend the VAT reduction as well as the duty cut for alcohol as it says businesses in the on-trade have been ‘unable to feel the benefit’ of the schemes.
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Published: 14 January, 2021
Up to 310,000 jobs across the hospitality and tourism sector are at risk without an extension of the reduced 5% VAT rate, a new survey has revealed.
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Published: 14 January, 2021
As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, France faced a drought so bad that water restrictions were put in place. Nowhere was the lack of water felt more keenly than in Burgundy, where irrigation is illegal.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Foods and Wines from Spain has announced the winners of last year’s Eat Spain Drink Spain 2020 campaign.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has produced new guidance around the labelling of low & no alcohol drinks as a record number of Brits explore the category.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Mark White, the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), has launched the annual survey with a call to wine and spirit suppliers to tell him if retailers are treating them “fairly and lawfully”.
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